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Polybasite from
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón District, Oyón Province, Lima, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Polybasite
Formula:[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Proustite13 photos of Polybasite associated with Proustite at this locality.
Calcite7 photos of Polybasite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Pyrargyrite6 photos of Polybasite associated with Pyrargyrite at this locality.
Rhodochrosite5 photos of Polybasite associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality.
Acanthite4 photos of Polybasite associated with Acanthite at this locality.
Tennantite Subgroup4 photos of Polybasite associated with Tennantite Subgroup at this locality.
Pyrite4 photos of Polybasite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Quartz4 photos of Polybasite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Dolomite1 photo of Polybasite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Sphalerite1 photo of Polybasite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Polybasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón District, Oyón Province, Lima, Peru
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20384
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20384:7
GUID (UUID V4):652ef13e-a81d-400e-b27f-ed0fbe8860b5
Nearest other occurrences of Polybasite
52.0km (32.3 miles) Huarón mine, Huarón mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
90.3km (56.1 miles) Huanzala Mine, Huanzala, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pohwatp@si.edu Alabandite Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province Lima Department, Peru T he Swedish chemist Carl...rhodochrosite from the Uchucchacua mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru; the largest individual...the fantastic find of alabandites from the Uchucchacua mine. In the United States the western states have...produced specimens of particular note, the Lucky Cuss mine, located near Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona...micromount enthusiast the Sunnyside mine, in the Silverton district of San Juan County, Colorado, has produced
Journal (issue)
TSKnerals of i'eru ! Indian miner, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 1869 (Simonin, 1869). J3E(mes and J3E(merals...crystal group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection; Jeff Scovil............................... History of Peru Mining in Peru The Mineral Specimen Business C o l l e c....................... Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco province, department of La Libertad PASTO.......................... Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u r a -H u
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ag-Mn-Pb-ZnVein, Replacement,and SkarnDepositsof Uchucchacua,Peru: Studiesof Structure, Mineralogy, Metal Zoning...Buenaventura, S.A., Carlos Villaran 790, Santa Catalina, Lima 13, Perd AND ALISTAIR N. BAXTER Schoolof Earth...BiglandStreet,LondonE1 2NG, UnitedKingdom Abstract Uchucchacua is anAg-Mn-Pb-Znvein,replacement, andskarnmineraldistrictin...andskarnmineraldistrictin the central Andesof Peru. Host rocksare massiveJumashaFormationshelflimestonesof Turonianage...48-3653.00 1348 Ag-Mn-Pb-Zn DEPOSITS, UCHUCCHACUA, PERU 1349 of wall-rockreactivity,andfracturepermeability
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
soluAdditional information on the intricate from Uchucchacua. Dan Weinrich Minerals tion. Complete solid solution...suggestionsfor this colunrn and c m be from Uchucchacua, Peru. Stuart Wilensky specimen, Jeff Scovil contacted... occurring together) from the Calumet and Hecla mine. Excepment in the oxide zones of a variety of metal...collected from surface exposures near the Copper Falls mine, associations and include those containing other...major Acton mine, York County, the Deer collections. One state that is draped in a silIsle mine, and the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wire Silver Kongsberg, Norway Wire Gold Ground Hog Mine, Gilman, Colorado S ince the dawn of civilization...gold, 11.7 cm tall, from the Ground Hog mine, Gillman district, Eagle County, Colorado. Harvard Mineralogical...native silver production, the Freiberg mining district of Saxony, Germany, is far older and equally famous...years. It was in fact German miners (of the Harz district), because of their already historic experience...Kongsberg (Johnsen 1986). The Freiberg mining district is a network of veins hosted in the crystalline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Polybasite Downloaded by [Northeastern University] at 11:57 17 November 2014 Husky Mine, Elsa...typically included in this rather informal family is polybasite, a relatively common silver ore mineral that...as fine specimens. Although the most familiar polybasite localities are in Mexico, exceptionally fine...have been available in recent years from the Husky mine, Yukon Territory, Canada. Consequently, in keeping...Husky mine polybasite has been nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice specimen. Polybasite is typically
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rises to 6,272 meters (20,577 feet), Huascaran in Peru is 6,768 meters (22,205 feet), Tocorpuri on the...mining and smelting oxidized copper ores in central Peru about 1500 B.C. By the time the Spanish conquered...have been spectacular silver specimens from Uchucchacua, Peru; emeralds from Muzo, Colombia; pink fluorite...fluorite and huge pyrites from Huanzala, Peru; 25-cm Volume 78, JanuaryFebruary 2003 13 Downloaded by [University...Bolivia; and fantastic pyrargyrites from Hauncavelica, Peru. The combination of awe-inspiring topography, mining
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Pelt photo. March/April: Calcite, Guiyang, Hunan Province, China. Terry E. Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil...photo. May/June: Tourmaline on quartz, Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum...Scovil photo. September/October:Gold, Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History...Barker, D. L., Fluorescent Gibbsite fromYunnan Province, China, 110-11 Behuninia, Utah, 235 Beidellite
Journal (issue)
FLUORffE Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais...photo. Benitoite on natrolite, 5.5 cm, Dallas Gern mine, San Benito County, California. Ex Robert Gill collection
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
acanthite paramorph after argentite from the Rayes mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Francis Benjamin specimen,...and the McMakin mine in Cabarrus County (Genth 1891); and mines of the Virgilina district, Halifax County...the White Raven and Black Jack mines of the Ward district, Boulder County, were coated with acicular crystals...Creek County; localities included the Pelican-Dive mine (with later, apparently primary, acanthite crystals...the Enterprise mine, Dolores County, and the Molly Gibson mine of the Aspen district, Pitkin County.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Crustal-Extension Ag-Pb-Zn Veins in the Xiong’ershan District, Southern North China Craton: Constraints from...China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430074, China 2 Department 3 Department 4 Faculty...Hubei Province 430074, China 5 Bureau of Land and Resources of Luoyang, Luoyang, Henan Province 471002...vein-type Ag-Pb-Zn deposit in the Xiong’ershan district, southern margin of the North China craton, is...paragenetic order, argentiferous tetrahedrite, polybasite, jalpaite, argentite, and native silver. These
Journal (issue)
Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 7.3 cm, from near Bapu, Guangdong Province, China. Rob Lavinsky specimen, now in the Tom...recovered from the dumps of this small mine. Local collectors reworked the mine dumps many times in search of...about 325 meters southwest of the Bishop manganese mine. The locality was early on referred to as a “copper...spatially distinct from the nearby Bishop manganese mine. The dumps do not contain significant manganese
Journal (issue)
Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved...September–October, 2019 7 HISTORY had declined and the mine was sold. Today it is formally owned by “the children...“a new mineral store” in the central business district of Spokane, Washington, at W. 410 Riverside Avenue
Journal (issue)
crystal cluster, 3 cm across, from the Machacamarca mine (Viboras Vein), near Colavi, Potosí Department,...gold specimens to 3.8 cm, from the Santa Elena district. F. John Barlow collection; Wendell Wilson photo...known. Or perhaps you are on a street corner in Lima, Peru and a runner comes up to you and offers you a...good friend of mine, Jim Minette, worked as superintendent of a large open-pit borax mine that produced...W. E. Sheffield (fl. 1808) Chrysocolla Dalehead mine, Cumberland (Cumbria), England W. E. Sheffield was
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rivet quarry (in the area of Peyrebrune Pb–Zn–Ag mine, Tarn department, France), one of us (R. P.) discovered...veins of Peyrebrune ore deposit (crossed circle: mine buildings); 6. Quarry. 1. The deposits and their...240 m. A general review of the nearby Peyrebrune mine (history and exploitation) has been presented by...freieslebenite, miargyite, polybasite, proustite, pyrargyrite, pyrostilpnite, polybasite, tubulite*, wittichenite...Location of the Biò occurrences from Borgofranco mine district (reproduced from Ambrino et al., 2008). Veneziana
Journal (issue)
p. 258 COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to...DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals 14 Longview...and Other Minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les...Presmyk and Tony Potucek The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine at Tiger has produced not only large amounts of...Frank Schultz staked the first claims in 1879. The mine began as several separate workings that ultimately
Journal (issue)
.89 by W. E. Wilson The Palomo mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .95 by J. Hyršl Pseudomorphs from Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....White Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil . ....BaCa2(CO3)2F2, a new mineral species from the Kirovskii mine, Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3.5 cm, from the Mashamba West mine, atanga, Republic of the Congo. Rob Lavinsky (The
Journal (issue)
Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...chalcopyrite and various rare sulfosalts from the Bottino mine in Tuscany. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE POST-WAR...exploring the underground workings of an historic gold mine in the Brusson area, Val d' Ayas, western Alps....momentum came from my first visit to the Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec in 1997. I was fascinated by
Journal (issue)
(the Golconda district in the princely state of Hyderabad, now Andhra Pradesh; a district located between...between the Mahanadi and Godavari valleys; and a district around Panna in the old region of Bundelkand, now...in the early 1800’s at Padyur in the Coimbatore district of Tamilnadu. Exceptionally deep blue aquamarine...manuscript, intended to refer to the “Indore” district), in the “Vendayah Mtns., Hindostan.” At the time...more or less synonymous with the Deccan Volcanic Province, the area now blanketed by Deccan basalt flows
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Epithermal Polymetallic Deposit of Cerro de Pasco, Peru B. Rottier,1,†,* K. Kouzmanov,1 V. Casanova,1 M...polymetallic (Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Bi) deposit in central Peru formed during three successive mineralization stages...Colquijirca, Julcani, Morococha, and Quiruvilca in Peru—the term “Cordilleran” has been applied (Sawkins...Cerro de Pasco district is located 300 km northeast of Lima in the Western Cordillera of Peru. It is part...part of the Miocene metallogenic belt of central Peru that hosts numerous Cu-Au porphyry, high-sulfidation
Book
MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous
Journal (volume)
native silver, stephanite, proustite-pyrargyrite, polybasite-pearceite, Ag-tetrahedrite, and Ag-bearing galena...argyrodite, electrum, breccia dyke, Cârnic Roman mine, Roșia Montană, Apuseni Mountains Introduction...deposit is situated in the northernmost Neogene ore district of South Apuseni Mts., precisely Bucium-Roșia...pyrite), electrum, acanthite, native silver, polybasite-pearceite, stephanite, tetrahedrite and argyrodite...association composed of several Ag-minerals (polybasite, proustite-pyrargyrite), electrum, Ag bearing
Journal (issue)
cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...sent it to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn... Mark Candee Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite...Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected
Journal (issue)
tours for collectors are permitted by the friendly mine management, and visitors have even been allowed...the area and purchased the rights to the Verchniy mine. Operations to extract copper, lead and zinc began...altered to datolite. All the sulfide deposits in the district formed during the second period of skam formation...observed that mineral formation at the Verchniy mine involved four phases: (1) the pre-ore skam phase...local usage. Because in the Russian language the mine name used must agree with the noun following it
Catalog/List
Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...extremely ine, specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine of Tiger, Arizona: now a vanished place alive only...potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas that had seen few Americans...early 1980s Rock began to concentrate on Brazil and Peru with occasional trips to Uruguay, Chile, and Colombia...Atacama Desert to collect Underground Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia, 1993. "RPG," Artigas, Uruguay
 
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